John D'Agata on http://www.onthemedia.org/http://www.onthemedia.org/people/john_dagata/2012-09-21T00:00:00-04:00"THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT"
2012-09-21T00:00:00-04:00http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/sep/21/lifespan-fact/<p>In 2005, <em>The Believer </em>magazine paired a fact-checker with a contributing writer working on a piece. Seven years later some version of their epic, contentious back and forth—first about facts, then about the genre of non-fiction and finally about the nature of truth itself—is a book. Earlier this year, essayist John D’Agata and erstwhile fact-checker Jim Fingal spoke with Brooke about <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Lifespan-Fact-John-DAgata/dp/0393340732" target="_blank">The Lifespan of a Fact</a>.<br><br>Sufjan Stevens - Barcarola </em></p>